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| | Dictionary.com/Word of the Day Archive/gravitas |
 | | At first sight the tall, stooped figure with the hawk-like features and bloodless cheeks, the look of extreme gravitas, seems forbidding and austere, the abbot of an ascetic order, scion of an imperial family who has foresworn the world. |
 | | -- John Lehmann, "T.S. Eliot Talks About Himself and the Drive to Create", |
 | | And we want to tell our readers about sharp, clever books, utterly lacking in gravitas, that we know will delight them on the beach or the bus. |
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